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forgotusername on Dec 23, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Merry Christmas from the FreeBSD Security Team

As an example, there are entire classes of embedded platforms that support networking but barely have enough RAM even for the IP stack. Is it really sensible to add $10 to the cost of a temperature sensor just so it has enough RAM and CPU to handle SSH?

koenigdavidmj on Dec 24, 2011 [–]

This is the piece that allows you to telnet /into/ a new shiny FreeBSD box, for which there are no legitimate uses in 2011.

If they take this bit out, you can still telnet out to your embedded hardware, L2 switches, and the like.

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